The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-04
AMERICANS ABROAD.
GAS Ithers See Us"-Various Types
Hotel Experiences.
From Chambers Journal.

Hotel Experiences.
From Chambers Journal
Perhaps it is on the score of the familiar
itY we are gaining with the American
traveller that British people are so ready
with their opinions as to Americans In
a mixed company where the subject is dis
cussed the variety of views expressed are
somewhat apt to to be conflicting. and
truth to tell. even to the impartial Judge, a
candid opinion on the point is difficult. To
those who know Americans well it is only
too evident that of late years a marked
change is observable in the character
of the American tourist as he is to be
met with in Britain and on the Continent.
The low fares and quick passages,
the sudden fortunes made ''out
West among many other reasons
have tended 70 alter entirely the whole ma
ture of the ocean trip. just as similar con-
ditions may be said in the Old World to have
materially modified the character of foreign
travel. 1t is no longer possible, therefore,
to pass a hasty generalization on the Ameri-
can traveller for he will be found, by those
to whom he is familiar in his several phases,
to vary considerably from the highest type
of the still existing Southern gentleman,
who, to all but the keeneSt observation,
would pass unnoticed in a crowd of correct
English people, to the unmistakable West
ernern or "down-EaSter,n the cut of whose
clothes, hat and boots, not to speak of a
manner thoroughly in accord with his shrill
and monotonously toned accent, betray
themselves instantly. =
1t is, indeed a singular feature of modern
American eXistence-it might almost be
said of modern civilization, the terms, ac-
cording to some, being Interchangeable
that there is to be found in America q GER
| tain section of the community who openly
express a contempt for everything "Ameri-
can" Probably none are louder in the ex-
preston of this feeling than the American
women, who form, perhaps, the largest
number of American residents in Europe.
1t is easy to see how the conditions of exist
ence on 'the other sider have led to this
curious state of affairs. In America there
is no "leisure class" Every member of the
| community, as rule, is actively engaged
in commerce. and commerce in America is
followed with a feverish ardor I'M
known in our ''eiieto Old World"
AS matter of course, the wom-
en- are entirely outside this interest.
Educated in many respects with greater
care than their sisters in Europe; leading
generally what has not unfitly been termed
| a dollhouse existence; freed i'll great part
from the many domestic cares which occupy
so largely the time and attention of women
| over here; voracious readers of cosmopoli-
tan literature, English, French and German;
looking to Europe for every inspiration of
refinement, from the last new fashion in
dress or home decoration to the latest novel
or the last new opera-it is little wonder
that, amidst the uncongenial atmosphere of
'home," the American woman who has any
aspirations signs to reach the land of prom
Use across the ocean. =
Happily the proportion of Americans who
are ashamed of their country and its de-
| ficencies is comparatively small, and their
| influence inconsiderable, for they constitute
an anomaly such as will be found in no
other nation. Socially speaking from our
European point of view, such conscious
| Americans as Mr.. James has termed them,
may be more agreeable than their uncouther
countrymen; yet let it not be forgotten that
| it is with the raw boned, broadcloth-covered
broad-shouldered SLOUGH HATED yankees"
who protrude their presence so conspicu-
ously, that the future destinies of America
rest; by them its wonderful past has been
nodded. 1t is not with the namby-pamby
American-too usually snobbish worshiper
of the rank and family in which they are
| deficient